Barnard, Christiaan (November 8)
The doctor who performed the first heart transplant
Famous People Born in 1922
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Bloom, Leopold
Wandering lead character of Ulysses -
Cardin, Pierre (July 2)
The French designer known for the "bubble dress" of 1954 -
Dandridge, Dorothy (November 9)
Star of the movie Carmen Jones -
Day, Doris (April 3)
The squeaky-clean star of 1950s romantic comedies -
Freud, Lucian (December 8)
The British portraitist who did Benefits Supervisor Sleeping -
Gardner, Ava (December 24)
The Oscar-nominated actress who married Frank Sinatra -
Garland, Judy (June 10)
The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz -
Hewitt, Don (December 14)
Creator and executive producer of TV's 60 Minutes -
Keane, Bil (October 5)
The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus' -
Kerouac, Jack (March 12)
Beat-era author of On The Road -
Klugman, Jack (April 27)
Oscar Madison in TV's The Odd Couple -
Lear, Norman (July 27)
The TV producer behind 'All in the Family' and 'Sanford and Son' -
Lee, Christopher (May 27)
Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy -
Lee, Stan (December 28)
The leader of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man -
McGovern, George (July 19)
The Democratic candidate for U.S. president in 1972 -
Mingus, Charles (April 22)
Jazz bassist and composer who did Pithecanthropus Erectus -
Rabin, Yitzhak (March 1)
Prime Minister of Israel, 1974-1977 and 1992-1995 -
Reiner, Carl (March 20)
Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Robbe-Grillet, Alain (August 18)
The "anti-novel" guy who wrote the film Last Year at Marienbad -
Savalas, Telly (January 21)
TV's Kojak -
Schulz, Charles (November 26)
The creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts -
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. (November 11)
The author of Slaughterhouse-Five -
Wallendas, The Flying
The most famous high-wire act of the 20th century -
White, Betty (January 17)
Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls -
Zinn, Howard
Boat-rocking U.S. historian